José Mujica, full name is José Alberto Mujica Cordano (born on May 20, 1935, Montevideo, Uruguay), Uruguayan politician who offered as president of Uruguay (2010–14) after being long jailed for his guerrilla activities with the Tupamaro revolutionary organization.. Mujica was born to parents of modest means and grew up in a neighbourhood on the border of Montevideo. In the early 1960s Mujica joined the Tupamaro, a revolutionary organization set up by Raúl Sendic and others whose goal was to undermine Uruguay’s repressive leadership. People anywhere in the world are used to the campaign promises of politicians. After two jailbreaks, Mujica was jailed for a final time in 1972. He was tortured and often hungry, eating flies or
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Mujica has surprised the world by making Uruguay the first country to exclusively legalise marijuana. A law already passed in the lower house of Congress and expected to pass in the Senate later in 2013 would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.Uruguay is hoping to act as a possible test case for an idea slowly gaining steam across Latin America - that the legalisation and regulation of some drugs could combat the cartel violence devastating much of the region. Mujica's recent speech to the UN General Assembly denouncing excess and frivolity, also received global attention :"We have sacrificed the old immaterial Gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organises our economy, our politics, our habits, our lives and even provides us with rates and credit cards and gives us the appearance of happiness," he said."It seems that we have been born only to consume, and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of frustration and we suffer from poverty, and we are auto marginalised."He may look like a working class grandfather, but 78-year-old Mujica is a man with a powerful message, a leader who is a one of a kind. Also known as Pepe Mujica, he refused to move to the luxurious house the Uruguayan state provides for its leaders, and chose instead to stay in the modest home he shares with his lovely consort in the …show more content…
Not what you would have imagined from a former guerrilla with socialist leanings. José Mujica stood out at the installation of a huge pulp mill. The casual style offers a hint of Mujica’s loathing of unfettered consumerism, his radical past as an urban guerrilla, and his philosophical musings on socialism. He leaves the economy in rude health. As well as backing a range of social policies like legalising abortion and gay marriage, the president leaves behind a legacy of economic health. While neighbouring Argentina and Brazil have suffered downturns in recent years, Uruguay has witnessed rising salaries and a historically low unemployment rate . Nevertheless, as his five-year presidential term comes to a close, Uruguay has become a bastion of practical economic policies that favor business and foreign investment. Under the Broad Front, GDP has grown at an average of 5.6% per year, according to Uruguay’s economy ministry, and as the front expanded social security, the proportion of people living in poverty fallen from 40% to around 12%, according to the ministry. He also played key role in transforming Tupamaros into a legitimate political party, which joined the Frente Amplio (broad front)
Mujica has surprised the world by making Uruguay the first country to exclusively legalise marijuana. A law already passed in the lower house of Congress and expected to pass in the Senate later in 2013 would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.Uruguay is hoping to act as a possible test case for an idea slowly gaining steam across Latin America - that the legalisation and regulation of some drugs could combat the cartel violence devastating much of the region. Mujica's recent speech to the UN General Assembly denouncing excess and frivolity, also received global attention :"We have sacrificed the old immaterial Gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organises our economy, our politics, our habits, our lives and even provides us with rates and credit cards and gives us the appearance of happiness," he said."It seems that we have been born only to consume, and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of frustration and we suffer from poverty, and we are auto marginalised."He may look like a working class grandfather, but 78-year-old Mujica is a man with a powerful message, a leader who is a one of a kind. Also known as Pepe Mujica, he refused to move to the luxurious house the Uruguayan state provides for its leaders, and chose instead to stay in the modest home he shares with his lovely consort in the …show more content…
Not what you would have imagined from a former guerrilla with socialist leanings. José Mujica stood out at the installation of a huge pulp mill. The casual style offers a hint of Mujica’s loathing of unfettered consumerism, his radical past as an urban guerrilla, and his philosophical musings on socialism. He leaves the economy in rude health. As well as backing a range of social policies like legalising abortion and gay marriage, the president leaves behind a legacy of economic health. While neighbouring Argentina and Brazil have suffered downturns in recent years, Uruguay has witnessed rising salaries and a historically low unemployment rate . Nevertheless, as his five-year presidential term comes to a close, Uruguay has become a bastion of practical economic policies that favor business and foreign investment. Under the Broad Front, GDP has grown at an average of 5.6% per year, according to Uruguay’s economy ministry, and as the front expanded social security, the proportion of people living in poverty fallen from 40% to around 12%, according to the ministry. He also played key role in transforming Tupamaros into a legitimate political party, which joined the Frente Amplio (broad front)